Device for measuring gloves



Patented Fel?. 3, i925.

PTEN'' QFFICE.

EIERRE BABBER, OF GRENOBLE, FRANCE.

DEVICE FR MEASURNG GLOVES.

Application filed March 15, 1922. Serial No. 543,931.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, Finnen BARBIER, a citizen et the French Republic, residing at Grenoble, isere. France, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Devices for iiieasuring Gloves, of which the tollowing is a specification.

his invention relates to a device tor measuring gloves.

Hitherto it was found suiiicient for the purpose otl taking the measurement ot gloves to draw them on by hand; the size was thus approximatelv` ascertained. Such a method however, requires a certain amount of practice trom the operator and in any case does not give an exact result.

The object ot this invention is to remedy this drawback by means o't device in the :torni ot calipers of which diiierent forms of construction are shown by way of example in the accon'ipanying drawing wherein- Fig. l is a front view and Fig. Q a side view ot metallic calipers constructed according to the invention.

Figs. 3. -land 5 are sections along lines 3? 23. L -il and 5 5 ot Fig. l showing the outline otl the branches at different points.

Fig. (i is front view and Fig. T a side.

view of calipers in cast metal.

Figs. 8, 9 and l() are views in section respectively on lines 8 8, 9-9 and 10-10 of Fig. (i.

Fig. ll illustrates one of the variations ot the small tongue which terminates the branches ot the calipers.

Figs. l2 and 13 represent different variations of a method tor measuring the size 0i the glove.

Such calipers consist of two arms which may be similar, and made oi metal, wood or other material sufficiently rigid and connected scissor-wise by a pivot a which enables themI to assume certain angles.

Said arms consist of a stem and a handle b1. The stem o is terminated by a knob or swelling b2 making it possible whilst the glove is being measured to stretch the skin by drawing it out with a minimum chance of splitting it. The most general shapes of the knob or tongue are shown in Figs. 1, 6 and ll, given by way of example only, as other shapes may also be adopted.

The knob b2 may be of ordinary shape as shown in Fig. i, or have the shape shown in Fig. 6, which makes it possible to graduate .the intersection oi the two handles and thus read oli1 at once the size of the glove to be measured.

As another method ot measurement a stem c perpendicular to the handle m'ay also be used, which stem according as to whether a greater or smaller distance from the other branch is left permits reading oit the size; or else one or' the branches .may also be provided with an indesr d movable before a section c engraved upon the other branch (Fig. 12) .f or again the shaft may carry a toothed section f engaging a pinion g which carries a hand /t movable upon a graduated dial z' (Fig. i3). Any other similar method may also be used without departing from the idea oi' the invention.

In Fig. 6 the curve of the handle is calculated tor medium sizes which are mainly used; but the shape may be varied in the case ot other sizes.

Said handle moreover may be provided with a pad 3 which permits the tightening of the calipers without tiring the palm of the hand.

The branches h may, it desired. be held at the point et' departure by a spring.

The calipers without graduations on themselves may nevertheless supply the particulars or' the size either by utilizing ordinary measures or special measures for both with or without indeX.

The knob or tongue b2 of the stem may be very flat or sometimes even be rounded according to the quality of the skin of the glove when there might be danger of leaving marks of the measurement.

rl"he shape of said knob or tongue is theretore variable according to the description ot glove for which the calipers are more particularly intended. The same applies to the handle and the kind of measure.

In the operation oi' the device the knobs ot the stems are inserted in the glove to be measured and are then moved apart, to opposite sides of the glove by manipulating the handles, as will be understood, the size of the glove being indicated upon the scale.

Viliat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A glove measuring device comprising a pair of members pivotally connected together, intermediate their ends said members having laterally extending portions on their adjacent sides arranged in overlapping relation and through which the pivot extends, said members each ,forming Aa relativelj; Strnigi'it erin at one end and `forming a terminai knob the enter edge of which forms a curve and each meinbei Luse having a handle extending` in the opposite direction Vfrom said larm, the said members being 'further provided with enacting means, in- @hiding d scale on one of said members to indie-ate the Width of the Space between the knobs when the handles are Operated, the

latere] extensions of seid Lmembers adaptingl 10 the two arms to be arranged in parallel relation When the members are closed.

In Witness whereof I affix my signature.

PIERRE BARBIER. Titnesses JULIAN .KEMBLE SMEDLEY, JEAN JERMAIN. 

